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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: lebaron on November 08, 2012, 09:55:53 AM

Title: Another whatsit
Post by: lebaron on November 08, 2012, 09:55:53 AM

This pulls apart and has a level on one side. No name on it.

Title: Re: Another whatsit
Post by: rusty on November 08, 2012, 04:45:15 PM

If you turn the right side piece around, will it go on the other way?

Title: Re: Another whatsit
Post by: lebaron on November 08, 2012, 07:43:42 PM

Yes it will.

Title: Re: Another whatsit
Post by: Mel Larsen on November 08, 2012, 08:08:25 PM

I'll take a guess here.  If I had a piece of structural steel with hole in it.  I should be able to stick the half with the level bubble in it and then place the other piece on the other side and be able to level the piece. the cone shaped halves would accommodate a range of hole sizes and thicknesses to the size of the tool ?????????????????????
Mel

Title: Re: Another whatsit
Post by: gibsontool on November 08, 2012, 08:53:58 PM

I've hung a lot of iron in my day and I have never seen anything like that, BUT, it is a very good idea, if the spindle was threaded so your hands were not tied up I could see that as being a good tool for levelling single a storey structures. It's fairly common practices on single story pre enginered buildings to use a 4' or 8' level to plumb the structure but if the stucture is multi story the old method was plumb bobs but these days the norm is to use a transit or now referred to as a total station. Be interested to here what others have to say. 

Title: Re: Another whatsit
Post by: Mel Larsen on November 15, 2012, 11:45:17 PM

Just bumping back up the line,  I want to know what it is also.
Mel

Title: Re: Another whatsit
Post by: lebaron on November 19, 2012, 08:46:31 PM

I did find out it came from a welding shop. Great hearing everyones theories. Thanks.

Title: Re: Another whatsit
Post by: rusty on November 19, 2012, 09:17:35 PM

Goes in the ear...keeps the welder level headed....

(ducking and running...)

Title: Re: Another whatsit
Post by: Branson on November 20, 2012, 06:37:52 AM

Quote from: rusty on November 19, 2012, 09:17:35 PM

Goes in the ear...keeps the welder level headed....
(ducking and running...)

Glad Rusty is here to point us in the right direction!

Title: Re: Another whatsit
Post by: Mel Larsen on November 20, 2012, 09:40:49 AM

I like Rusty's idea,  works for me,  Thanks Rusty.
Mel